By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-02-15 21:01:18
2026 年 2 月 15 日（周日），在加利福尼亚州英格尔伍德举行的 NBA 全明星赛对阵美国星队的比赛中，来自法国的世界队中锋维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 在得分后回防。(美联社照片 / Mark J. Terrill)
【加利福尼亚州英格尔伍德报道】 维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 竭尽所能，试图肩负起“世界队”并带领球队走向胜利。
这位马刺中锋虽然未能完成这一任务，但他在自己的第二次 NBA 全明星之旅中依然是当之无愧的赢家。此前，他曾誓言要全力赴并提升联盟第 75 届年度赛季中期盛典上每一位球员的表现，如今他兑现了这一承诺。
“这是我个人非常珍视的比赛，所以打出竞技精神是我起码能做的，”他说。
在周日举行的“美国队 vs. 世界队”循环赛的冠军争夺战中，泰雷塞·马克西 (Tyrese Maxey) 得到 9 分，安东尼·爱德华兹 (Anthony Edwards) 贡献 8 分，带领“星队”以 47-21 击败了由马刺队米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 执教的“条纹队”。
爱德华兹荣获最有价值球员奖 (MVP)。在第一场比赛对阵文班亚马率领的国际联队的比赛中，他在还剩 13.3 秒时投中一记三分球将比赛拖入加时，最终以 37-35 惊险获胜。
在总计四场 12 分钟的比赛中，冠军赛是唯一没有戏剧性收尾的一场。这是 NBA 四年来尝试的第四种赛制，它为这一日益颓势的赛事注入了急需的活力，包括球员在防守端的努力。
尽管战绩为 0 胜 2 负，但文班亚马在其中发挥了巨大作用。
“如果你能传递出那股能量，”他在赛前表示，“大家就会觉得有责任也向你回馈同样的能量。”
从开场跳球那一刻起，他就用行动证明了自己的话。他先是以一记扣篮拿下了锦标赛的第一分，紧接着又命中了一记三分球。
“我不说假话，文班奠定了基调。他上场打得非常卖力，我们必须跟上他的节奏，”爱德华兹在赛后说道。这位 22 岁的法国小将全场 5 投 4 中，其中三分球 2 投 2 中，罚球 4 罚 4 中，砍下 14 分，此外还有 6 个篮板和 3 次盖帽。
代表条纹队出战的杰伦·布伦森 (Jalen Brunson) 也赞同爱德华兹的看法。
“文班是个领袖，”这位纽约后卫说道，他在去年 12 月的 NBA 杯决赛中曾帮助尼克斯击败文班亚马和马刺队。“他的处事方式对这项赛事来说非常棒。我认为他做得非常出色，你可以看到他在场内外的巨大影响。他只是在做他自己。”
尽管文班亚马在场上全力拼搏有时会让马刺管理层捏一把汗，但约翰逊表示，他很支持文班这种全神贯注的表现。
“我相信当你总是担心受伤时，往往更容易受伤，所以我认为他打得这么努力真的很棒，”这位教练说道。“我觉得所有球员都打得很拼，这展示了这些球员之间的高水平竞技，看到维克托出现在场上真的很棒。不过，站在他的对立面（执教对手队）感觉有点奇怪。”
世界队在防守端的失误让爱德华兹投中了关键三分，并让斯科蒂·巴恩斯 (Scottie Barnes) 在加时赛中命中了制胜三分，文班亚马对这些防守漏洞的反应凸显了他对胜利的渴望。
“你可以从他的脸上看出来，”代表条纹队出战的马刺后卫德阿隆·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 说道。
落败后，文班亚马双手叉腰，缓缓走下球场，表情显示他对自己球队防守漏人非常不满。
“是的，这是我们第二次在不该丢三分的时候让对手投进了，”文班亚马说，“我本来期待我们在那个时刻能打得更聪明些，所以这令人失望。”
由勒布朗·詹姆斯 (LeBron James) 和凯文·杜兰特 (Kevin Durant) 坐镇的条纹队在第二场比赛中凭借福克斯的压哨三分，以 42-40 击败了更年轻的星队。福克斯表示，这次关键投篮最棒的一点是，摄影师拍到了一张他和詹姆斯一起庆祝的照片。
“这肯定是我拥有的最棒的照片之一……我在不同情况下投中过绝杀球，所以我不会说这次绝杀地位有多高，但那张照片肯定是要裱起来的，”福克斯说。“可能还得让他（詹姆斯）签个名。”
第三场比赛的看点是文班亚马与前马刺球星科怀·伦纳德 (Kawhi Leonard) 的正面对决。
在他的主场——洛杉矶快船队的直觉圆顶体育馆 (Intuit Dome) 作战，这位 2014 年 NBA 总决赛 MVP 在决赛仅得 1 分之前曾疯狂砍下 31 分。但在对阵世界队的比赛中，伦纳德表现惊艳，特别是在最后几秒钟，他在还剩 3.5 秒时面对卡尔-安东尼·唐斯 (Karl-Anthony Towns) 的防守命中了一个后撤步三分，打破僵局，帮助条纹队以 48-45 获胜。
文班亚马曾有机会扳平比分，但他最后的压哨三分尝试偏离了目标。在 10 分钟的上场时间里，他 8 投 6 中，得到 19 分。
但伦纳德几乎势不可挡，全场 13 投 11 中，其中三分球 7 投 6 中。
“他简直是个大麻烦，”约翰逊说。“他刚才打出了一段统治级的表现……看他打球真的是一种享受。”
整个锦标赛的大部分时间也是如此。
“为了让比赛更有趣，”文班亚马在谈到他为什么打得这么卖力时说。“我觉得非常棒。我们看到像科怀这样的球员能砍下 30 分，投进每一个球。这展现了高水平的篮球竞技。在我看来，比去年强多了。这很有趣。我认为对自己诚实是件好事。”
当被问及是否希望下赛季在菲尼克斯再次采用这种赛制时，文班亚马说：“我很喜欢这种方式。我不反对将来沿用这种赛制，我也不反对回归传统的东部对阵西部。”
归根结底：无论赛制如何，他都会认真对待。
由生成式人工智能翻译，译文内容可能不准确或不完整，以原文为准。
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Victor Wembanyama makes good on his vow to energize the All-Star Game
World center Victor Wembanyama, of France, runs back after scoring during the NBA All-Star basketball game against the USA Stars Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Victor Wembanyama did everything he possibly could to carry the “World” on his shoulders to victory.
The Spurs center failed in that mission, but he still emerged from his second NBA All-Star Game a big winner after he made good on his vow to go all out and elevate the play of everyone around him at the league’s 75th annual midseason showcase.
“It’s a game I personally cherish, so being competitive is the least I can do,” he said.
Tyrese Maxey scored nine points and Anthony Edwards had eight to lead the “Stars” squad to a 47-21 win over the “Stripes” team coached by the Spurs’ Mitch Johnson on Sunday in the championship game of the round-robin “U.S. vs. the World” tournament.
Edwards won the Most Valuable Player Award after hitting a 3-pointer with 13.3 seconds left that forced overtime in the first game, a 37-35 victory over Wembanyama and the international team.
The title match was the only one of the four 12-minute games that didn’t have a dramatic finish. It was the NBA’s fourth format in four years, and it provided some much-needed effort, including on the defensive end, to the sagging event.
And despite going 0-2, Wembanyama played a huge part in it.
“If you share that energy,” he said before the game, “people feel like they have a responsibility to share it back to you.”
From the opening tip, he backed up those words, scoring the tournament’s first points on a dunk and then following that show of force by draining a 3.
“I ain’t going to lie, Wemby set the tone. He came out and played hard, and we had to follow that," Edwards said after the 22-year-old Frenchman finished with 14 points on 4 of 5 from the field, 2 of 2 from long range and 4 of 4 from the foul line to go along with six rebounds and three blocks.
Jalen Brunson, who played for the Stripes, agreed with Edwards.
“Wemby’s a leader,” said the New York guard who helped the Knicks beat Wembanyama and the Spurs in the NBA Cup final in December. "The way he carries himself is fantastic for this game. I think he’s done a great job, and you see what his impact is on and off the court. He’s just doing what he does.”
Even if it might have had the members of the Spurs front office holding their collective breath at times, although Johnson said he was OK with Wembanyama going all out.
“I believe you typically get hurt when you’re worried about getting hurt, so I thought it was awesome that he played hard,” the coach said. “I thought all the guys played hard. I thought it was a competitive display of basketball amongst those guys and it was good to see Victor out there. Weird to be on the other side, though.”
Wembanyama’s reaction to defensive busts by the World team that allowed Edwards to hit his big 3 and Scottie Barnes to hit the game-winning shot from beyond the arc in OT highlighted how badly he wanted to win.
“You could see it on his face,” said Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox, who played for the Stripes.
Wembanyama walked slowly off the court with his hands on his hips after the defeat, signaling he wasn’t happy with the blown coverage.
“Yeah, it was our second time allowing a three when we shouldn’t have,” Wembanyama said. “I would have expected us to be
smarter right there, so that was disappointing.”
The Stripes squad, which included LeBron James and Kevin Durant, beat the younger Stars 42-40 in the second game on Fox’s 3-pointer at the buzzer. Fox said one of the best things about his clutch play is that a photographer captured a shot of him celebrating the play with James.
“That’s got to be one of the best pictures I think I have. … I’ve made game-winners under different circumstances, so I’m not going to say that’s up there, but that picture for sure is getting framed,” Fox said. “Might have to have him sign it.”
The third game featured Wembanyama going head to head with former Spurs star Kawhi Leonard.
Playing on his home court at the Los Angeles Clippers’ Intuit Dome, the MVP of the 2014 NBA Finals poured in 31 points before managing just one point in the final. But against the World, Leonard was brilliant, especially in the final seconds when he sank a tie-breaking 3-pointer on a step-back three over Karl-Anthony Towns with 3.5 seconds left in the Stripes’ 48-45 win.
Wembanyama had a chance to tie it, but he was off the mark with a 3-point attempt at the buzzer. In 10 minutes, he finished with 19 points on 6-of-8 shooting.
But Leonard was nearly unstoppable, hitting 11 of 13, including 6 of 7 from downtown.
“He’s a load,” Johnson said. “That was a dominant stretch he had there. … Quite a joy to watch.”
As was most of the tournament.
“To make it more fun,” Wembanyama said of what he hoped to accomplish by playing so hard. “I think it was pretty good. We got a guy like Kawhi going for 30, making every shot. It was a pretty good display of basketball. Better than last year, in my opinion. It was fun. I think being honest with ourselves is good.”
Asked if he would like to see the format used again next season in Phoenix, Wembanyama said, “I liked it. I liked it. I wouldn’t be against this format in the future, and I wouldn’t be against the regular East versus West either.”
Bottom line: He’s going to take it seriously no matter what.
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News